# Buffa's: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: http://buffaslounge.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/buffasbar.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Buffa's is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Buffa's's website. It can read what Buffa's offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.buffasbar.com/events/jamie-bernstein-jon-ridnell-max-sanders-261311 (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.buffasbar.com/menu/
- Phone: +1 504 9490038
- Address: 1001 Esplanade Avenue
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Buffa's that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Garage Pizza (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/garagepizzala.com
- Budsi’s Authentic Thai (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/budsisthai.com
- Ike's Love & Sandwiches (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/ikessandwich.com
- Royal Sushi & Bar (350 m): https://directindex.org/r/royalsushinola.com
- Mona Lisa (390 m): https://directindex.org/r/monalisasf.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Buffa's",
  "url": "http://buffaslounge.com",
  "telephone": "+1 504 9490038",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "1001 Esplanade Avenue"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.9654558,
    "longitude": -90.0625968
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.buffasbar.com/events/jamie-bernstein-jon-ridnell-max-sanders-261311",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.buffasbar.com/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.buffasbar.com/events/jamie-bernstein-jon-ridnell-max-sanders-261311",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Buffa's

> restaurant in 1001 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans. Phone +1 504 9490038.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.buffasbar.com/events/jamie-bernstein-jon-ridnell-max-sanders-261311 (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.buffasbar.com/menu/

## About

- Website: http://buffaslounge.com
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
275 of 828 in New Orleans. Top 33% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Port of Call (D, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/portofcallnola.com); Garage Pizza (A, 211 m, https://directindex.org/r/garagepizzala.com); Budsi’s Authentic Thai (C, 213 m, https://directindex.org/r/budsisthai.com); POLLITOS AZUCAR (B, 308 m, https://directindex.org/r/pollitosazucarla.com); Ike's Love & Sandwiches (A, 332 m, https://directindex.org/r/ikessandwich.com); Royal Sushi & Bar (B, 354 m, https://directindex.org/r/royalsushinola.com); Bank Cafe in the Marigny (D, 378 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebankcafe.com); Mona Lisa (A, 392 m, https://directindex.org/r/monalisasf.com); Bennachin (C, 397 m, https://directindex.org/r/bennachinrestaurant.com); Verti Marte (F, 401 m, https://directindex.org/r/vertimarte.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about New Orleans and named 100 places. Buffa's wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-orleans/recommended


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/buffasbar.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Buffa's in New Orleans

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans | 828 | 58% | 38% | 72.3% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in New Orleans: Biscuits & Buns on Banks (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com); Chemin à la Mer (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cheminalamer.com); Fogo de Chão (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); Gallier’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/galliernola.com); Headquarters by Nice Guys Nola (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/headquartersnola.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 27th of 828 in New Orleans, up from 275th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Buffa's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/buffasbar.com
- Book: https://www.buffasbar.com/events/jamie-bernstein-jon-ridnell-max-sanders-261311 (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-13, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.buffasbar.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 504 9490038
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/buffasbar.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/buffasbar.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/buffasbar.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/buffasbar.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/buffasbar.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=buffasbar.com&force=1